There's more bipartisan support in Congress for comprehensive immigration reform than gun control legislation, President Obama said tonight during an interview with Univision, but qualified that even under his proposal, illegal immigrants shouldn't be harboring expectations that they'll be granted citizenship "manana."

"Even under our proposal, this is not a situation where overnight, suddenly people all find themselves as citizens," Mr. Obama told the Spanish-language television network. "They're going to have to go to the back of the line. We're going to have to clear out the existing line, backlogs we have in terms of illegal immigrants, because they did it the right way. We shouldn't punish them for breaking the law.

"…What we don't want to do is to create some vague prospect in the future that somehow comprehensive immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship will happen manana," he continued, chuckling softly at the somewhat awkward injection of the Spanish word for "tomorrow." "But we have to put that in place at the outset, and make sure people are clear that this pathway is real and not just a fantasy for the future."

Meanwhile, despite facing more resistance from the right on tightening gun laws, he said he has "no doubt" that Congress will be able to put through legislation on gun control, as well as immigration.

"On the gun issue, you're starting to see gun owners, people who traditionally have opposed gun control, saying, 'You know what, when 20 of our children are shot by somebody who is disturbed, and when it is that easy to get these high-clip magazines that can fire off hundreds of shots in a few minutes, then it's time for us to do better job on background checks, to get control of these magazine clips, to really crack down on gun trafficking," Mr. Obama said in the Univision interview.

Mr. Obama told the Spanish-language television network. "We shouldn't punish them for breaking the law."

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 31999287

We shouldn't punish them for breaking the law?!?

Three Bribes for the Democrats sneaky and sly,Seven for the Bankers in their halls of gold,Nine for Labor Unions sucking us dry,One for the Liar Chief leaving us coldIn Washington D.C. where politicians lie.

One Bill to rule them all, One Bill to find them,One Bill to bring them all and in the debt-ness bind themIn Washington D.C. where politicians lie.

con_gress can do whatever the F they wantand it doesn't mean diddlyas it has to get through the senate etc.

teddy the K knew exactly WHAT he was doin' with his immigration re-form/not reform---HE RESHAPED America by CLOSING THE ESTABLISHED EURO/WEST lines ofSPONSOREDEDUCATEDINTELLIGENTEAGER TO ASSIMILATETAX PAYINGpeople

replacing THISwith the crap imported and immediately hooked up with full welfare benefits on top of the unenforced existing FEDERAL LAWS leading to all this shit pouring in from the southern borderand there are plenty OTM (other then mexican) as well.

as for the gun_bills ????? LOLonly the Almighty KNOWS how much and EXACTLY WHAT IS out here.